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A s I write this, CERAWeek has just kicked off with an interesting array of key individuals imparting wisdom on the current state of the oil and gas industry and what will happen in the near and medium term. Amid all the posturing, we who make a living in the industry deal with the day-to-day ramifications of the low commodity price and the challenges that this brings.

The SPE Gulf Coast Section has embraced the need to support our members as they face these challenges, and I would like to brief you on the status of some of these initiatives.

Members in Transition (MiT): We have made tremendous progress on the MiT initiative thanks to the excellent work of C. Susan Howes and the MiT leadership team. The seminar series, which includes topics of interest to SPE members who are transitioning between jobs or who are looking for new career opportunities, is off to a great start. The agenda for the February event included “How to Start Your Own Business,” “The Large Company Hiring Process,” and “Networking Effectively to Build Beneficial Relationships.” We received very encouraging feedback from the first seminar, which I have distilled here (see right sidebar). As a result, we are planning further seminars that will include the following topics:

APRIL: Intellectual Property for Startups and Small Businesses Texas Workforce Commission and Workforce Solutions Resources The Business of Your Career: Managing Your Career as a Business EnterpriseJUNE: Review of Courses Offered by University of Houston Small Business Dev. Center Negotiation & Conflict Resolution - Proven Techniques to Achieve a Win/Win Solution An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Attracting Startup Capital

Ideas Launch Pad (ILP): The ILP is part of the MiT initiative, and is intended to assist those who have entrepreneurial ideas that could be candidates for funding and eventual launching as a commercial business. We have partnered with the Houston Technology Center (HTC), which is the eventual vehicle for incubating and launching ideas that come through to the GCS. In February, the ILP committee reviewed five ideas, two of which were selected for referral to HTC. The owners of the two ideas have met with the HTC and have subsequently initiated the application process.

Industry Support: Industry support for MiT has been very encouraging. Drillinginfo has offered to provide its software to unemployed SPE-GCS members and will grant individuals passwords to use Drillinginfo until the end of the year. A brief tutorial for the software will be provided, if needed. Wild Well Control has offered SPE the use of its auditorium for SPE events. The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Houston offered SPE members a discount for their workshop, “How to Reinvent Yourself in a Downturn Market.” The Houston Geological Society publicized SPE MiT events in its newsletter.

Accelerated Learning Tutorials (ALTs): We have had great success with our first ALTs, which were introductions to gas lift systems (November), managed pressure drilling (January), and reservoir simulation (February). We have four more to go: introductions to flow assurance (April), PVT analysis (May), oilfield geomechanics (June), and nodal analysis (TBA). These one-day courses are proving to be an excellent means of rapidly immersing oneself in a topic.

As the year progresses, I’ll advise on more initiatives. So, as always, watch this space…

All the best!

“Thanks for a most informative workshop. All three topics were well on target and

well received. Overall the workshop was well planned and executed. As a webinar participant, I felt connected and engaged

throughout the discussion.”

“I continue to congratulate myself for choosing to attend the workshop in person. It was a great value and very beneficial. Thank you for your effort organizing it. It ran very

smoothly! I would like to attend the following one also, so hope to see you again! “

“Thanks for arranging the SPE Members in Transition Seminar last Friday. I found the presentations, discussions and networking

pretty valuable.”

“It was incredibly valuable to get this insight at this time in my career. A lot of things have changed since the last time I

was interviewing for jobs. Thank you very much for the needed update!”

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Completions & Production4.27.16Practical Hydraulic Fracturing Stimulation Design Models

COMMITTEESContinuing Education4.8.16Networking and Mentoring to Build Beneficial Relationships

Auxiliary4.8.16Informal Lunch: Mia Bella Trattoria

Continuing Education4.14.16Accelerated Learning Tutorial: Introduction to Flow Assurance

Membership4.14.16SPE-GCS Networking Event & Membership Drive

Young Professionals4.20.16Distinguished Lecturer, Pete Naylor

Community Service4.29.16Volunteers Needed: The International Sustainable World Project (I-SWEEEP)

Continuing Education5.17.16Oil Patch Orientation

STUDY GROUPSNorthside4.5.16Artificial Lift for the Life of Wells in Unconventional Plays

Research & Development4.7.16Houston Technology Center Supports Energy Innovation and Entrepreneurs: Putting an End to Desalination Challenges

International4.12.16How Low Prices Are Shaping Corporate Strategy

General Meeting4.14.16The Honorable Ryan Sitton, Texas Railroad Commissioner

Westside4.20.16Effect of Hydraulic Fracture Growth on Nearby Natural Fractures

Reservoir4.21.16 Cost-Effective Recovery Optimization of Waterfloods

Business Development4.27.16Royalty Transactions: Overcoming Gaps in a Downside Market

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ART SCHROEDER

his month, SPE Gulf Coast Section is delighted to feature Art Schroeder as the Volunteer of the Month.

Art started attending SPE meetings right out of college, but really got involved with the organization when he moved to Houston and joined the Gulf Coast

Section in the mid-1980s. Over the years, he has held numerous positions with various committees, including the e-Commerce Study Group, which he co-founded and for which served as Vice Chairman and Chairman; the eBiz Conference & Tradeshow, which he co-chaired; and the Petroleum Leadership and Outlook Conference (PLOC) Committee.

Additionally, Art served the Gulf Coast Section as a board member from 2002-2006, was a member of the Long Range Planning Committee, and sat on the eSPE Advisory committee overseeing knowledge management and the website. He was also on the Strategic Planning Committee and the Chair of the Board of Financial Advisors, for which he served as Treasurer and Vice-Treasurer. He has been a frequent participant in SPE forums.

Art is the CEO of Energy Valley Inc., a company that provides money, marketing and management to commercialize and advance energy-related technologies. He has over 25 years’ experience in operations, engineering, construction, strategy development, and crisis management.

Art is also a Principal of Safe Marine Transfer, LLC, a startup company funded and supported by DOE/NETL, RPSEA, DeepStar, Baker Hughes, and other industry partners to deliver subsea chemical storage (3000+ bbls) and injection at up to 10,000 fsw as a service.

Art has served on numerous professional, corporate and civic boards. He has published over 100 technical papers and has been granted patents on his innovations. Art graduated from Georgia Tech with BS and MS degrees in chemical engineering with a minor in environmental engineering, and from the University of Houston with an MBA, majoring in finance and international business.

Art is passionate about lifelong learning. He strives to learn something new every day, and his involvement with SPE helps facilitate this passion. He is thankful for the people he has met and the relationships he has built through his involvement with SPE.

Thank you for all of your contributions to SPE, Art!

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NOWTHEN

COLUMN BY BUDDY WOODROOF

APRIL 1936

APRIL 1966

APRIL 1996

Governor Marland threatens to place state property across the street from

Oklahoma City’s capitol under martial law if city authorities continue trying to block

planned drilling activities on the site.

Flooding originating from the Ohio River overwhelms oil production, refining, and marketing in western Pennsylvania, with damage estimates in the Pittsburgh area

alone running as high as $200 million (serious money in those days).

What are some of the hot exploration areas in North Texas circa 1936? Would you believe Shackelford, Callahan and

Young counties (no “sideways” drilling and no shale targets at this time)?

Some relatively complex chemical compounds are being deployed to drill

oil and gas wells in this era, but when lost circulation problems occur, drillers opt for “sophisticated” lost circulation materials

such as wood fibers, shredded bark, cottonseed hulls, beet pulp, and

sugarcane fibers.

East Texas crude oil - $1.15/bbl

A reportedly hot, new oil-finding tool is on the verge of being released to the

industry, namely a “borehole gravimeter,” which is being touted to detect nearby

reservoirs that have been missed in drilling.

The world’s most unusual drilling structure is planned for downtown Los Angeles

to conceal two rigs and equipment that will drill 64 wells on a 1.5-acre site, while looking for all appearances like a

modernistic office building.

Meanwhile, Standard of California’s Island Esther, the human-made island encompassing only 0.83 of an acre of

space off Seal Beach, CA, will deploy two rigs to drill 128 wells on one of the world’s

tightest oil sites.

The Bureau of Mines reports plans to deepen a corehole that may have cut the

thickest oil-shale deposit yet found in Colorado: 1,650 feet of continuous shale in

the Piceance Creek basin.

US active rig count – 1,267

T H E R E S T O F T H E YA R NThis month, we begin a look back at the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt.

residents come and go, but monuments are always with us. There’s a reason Theodore Roosevelt is the only 20th century president whose face is carved into Mount Rushmore, the only one who could hold his own with Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson. Roosevelt not only

remade America, but charmed the pants off everybody while he did it. And more than a century after he left the White House, in 1909, the collective memory of his strength, intellect and charisma still lingers.

How many times over the years have Americans settled their affections on some thoughtful, vigorous man who reminded them a

bit of Roosevelt? What was Ernest Hemingway if not a later edition of Teddy, without the burden of office but still equipped with TR’s literate machismo. Is it any surprise when recent presidents try to borrow a bit of his personal appeal? Bill Clinton had Teddy’s bust on his desk. Barack Obama laid out his vision of middle-class values in the same Kansas town where TR had spoken of his own reform plan as “the square deal.”

Teddy stays with us because he seems so much like one of us. Although he was born in 1858, it’s the 20th century he decidedly belongs to, the century he brought America into on his terms.

When he arrived at the White House, he already understood the

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Tenneco, which previously reported plans to divest its shipbuilding unit, is now

looking to sell, spin off, or form a strategic alliance for its energy unit.

French refiners are joining together to cut excess refinery capacity by closing or selling some of their refineries along the

Mediterranean coast. (After all, the French are much better at refining cognac and sherry than they are at refining gasoline

and diesel.)

An Oklahoma independent operator reports first gas sales from western

Indiana’s New Albany shale. (Don’t look now, but there is renewed activity

in this play.)

Two once-great players, UPR and Amoco, form a joint venture to press the limits of horizontal technology to ramp up Austin

Chalk exploration and development across Louisiana.

Light sweet crude oil - $24.39/bbl;

Natural gas - $2.34/MMbtu;

US active rig count – 747

QUIZA P R I L

Who was the first Soviet woman petroleum engineer?

A N S W E R T O M A R C H ’ S Q U I Z

The average octane rating of “premium grade” gasoline, circa 1936, was 75, with the lowest-grade gasoline at that time having an average octane rating of 52. (Is it any wonder why they needed lead antiknock additives in

the gasolines of that era?)

If you would like to participate in this month’s quiz, e-mail your

answer to contest@spe.org by noon April 15. The winner, who

will be chosen randomly from all correct answers, will

receive a $50 gift card to a nice restaurant.

F E B R UA R Y ’ S W I N N E R

Judy Snelling with BHP Billiton Petroleum

energies that had been building in the US for decades since the Civil War: the explosion of its industrial power, as led by the likes of Rockefeller, Carnegie and Ford. Along with those energies came the urge by those same industrialists to expand to the point of monopolization. He used his presidency to temper those energies in ways that left the US profoundly changed. Again and again, he framed the questions we still ask: How much influence should the government have over the economy? How much power should the US exert globally? What should we do to protect the environment? The answer to those questions that he kept coming up with was “more,” and not everyone agreed with him, nor do they today.

Next month, we examine where TR’s impact was the greatest.

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11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

SPEAKERDiego A. Narvaez

Technical Manager, Artificial Lift

Schlumberger

LOCATIONSWN

10000 Energy Dr

Spring, TX 77389

EVENT CONTACTSumitra Mukhopadhyay

281-784-5742

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Tuesday 4.5.16

Operators of unconventional wells have different approaches to the field development from well construction, completion, stimulation, and finally production. The production phase of unconventional wells from the early flowback to the lower flow rate at the late life of the well brings significant challenges to operators in determining the timing and type of artificial lift system to use. The steep production decline is not the only problem that needs to be addressed in the production phase. To complicate the artificial lift operations, there is often an increase in the gas-to-liquid ratio (GLR) and significant amount of solids.

While the flexibility of artificial lift systems has been significantly broadened with new technologies, there is still not a silver bullet or a unique system that can effectively address the challenges throughout the life of the well. This presentation includes case studies from operations on different unconventional plays using transitional artificial lift systems. It will also look at the advantages and disadvantages from the operation standpoint and the estimated comparison of cumulative production among different artificial lift approaches for a well.

DIEGO A. NARVAEZ

Artificial Lift for the Life of Wells in Unconventional Plays

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Diego A. Narvaez is North America Technical Manager, Artificial Lift, for Schlumberger. He has 23 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, working first for an operator and currently with a service company. Narvaez has held a number of technical roles in several international assignments with REDA Pumps and Schlumberger since 1996. He has a degree in mechanical engineering from the Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito-Ecuador and an MBA from the University

of Phoenix. Narvaez holds several patents on technology inventions related to artificial lift.

EVENT INFO

10 Apri l , 2016

Houston Technology Center Supports Energy Innovation and Entrepreneurs: Putting an End to Desalination Challenges

Nick Tillmann is Director of Client Acceleration for the Energy Sector at the Houston Technology Center. Named by Forbes as one of “Ten Technology Incubators Changing the World,” the Houston Technology Center provides education, insight and access to capital that entrepreneurs need to move toward commercialization. Tillmann is a seasoned energy executive whose experience includes more

than 25 years with ConocoPhillips. He managed the company’s $500 million global petroleum coke business, led strategy management for European businesses, and started the company’s operations in Poland. Tillmann has served as Chairman of the Biofuels Taskforce for the Great Houston Partnership, and he is a Director with Silver Fox Advisors.

Bill Capdevielle is an oil and gas consultant with over 40 years’ experience. He earned a BS in petroleum engineering from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1971, and an MS in systems management from the University of Southern California in 1975. He retired from Mobil in 2000 and from Hess in 2014. Capdevielle specializes in finding nanotechnologies used in other industries and

applying them to the upstream oil and gas industry. He sits on the Board of Advisors for a start-up nanotechnology company, Magna Imperio Systems Corporation, and offers consulting in field development planning, facility operability, and project support. Capdevielle is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas and Louisiana.

NICK TILLMANN

BILL CAPDEVIELLE, P.E.

Houston Technology Center has developed a partnership with SPE. The center’s Nick Tillman will give us a short presentation on what HTC is all about. Bill Capdevielle is on the board of a company HTC has assisted.

One would be hard-pressed to say that water management isn’t a significant problem in the upstream oil and gas industry. It represents a huge operating expense and a socio-economic challenge to the industry. What if there was a simple process for treating produced water to near-drinking water quality directly at the wellsite? The positive impact on OPEX and cash flow could drastically drive down the break-even oil prices for much of US onshore production. What if the process had an extremely low energy footprint and an unusually high process efficiency? This event will be the first public presentation of a new technology dubbed Electrochemical Nano-Diffusion (END).

Magna Imperio Systems Corp. is honored to be the first client of the Houston Technology Center – North Campus in The Woodlands.

Study Group

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

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SPEAKERSpeaker Name

Speaker Title

Company

LOCATIONLocation Name

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EVENT CONTACTName

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Thursday #.#.1611:30 AM – 1:00 PM

EVENT INFO

SPEAKERSNick Tillmann

Director, Client Acceleration

Energy Sector

Houston Technology Center

Bill Capdevielle, P.E.

President & Founder,

Bill Capdevielle Enterprises LLC

Board of Advisors, Magna Imperio

Systems Corporation

LOCATIONNorris Center – Westchase

9990 Richmond Ave, Ste 102

Houston, TX 77042

EVENT CONTACTSkip Davis

281-359-8556

skip.davis@pega.com

MEMBERS$40

NON-MEMBERS$45

Thursday 4.7.16

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RUARAIDH MONTGOMERY

In a US$30/bbl world, the priority for companies in 2016 is survival. Budgets continue to be slashed and projects delayed. Further deferrals can be expected, but companies also need to start thinking about how to adapt their portfolios to make money at low prices as well as high. Could this be a golden moment for companies to invest against the cycle to reposition portfolios for lower prices and lower costs?

Ruaraidh Montgomery has over 10 years of upstream commercial valuation experience with Wood Mackenzie. He is a Principal Analyst in its Corporate Research team, which provides detailed analysis and opinion of the operational performance, strategy, and future potential of 60 of the world’s largest E&Ps. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Montgomery spent 2 1/2 years working as an engineer with Hess.

EVENT INFO

INTERNATIONAL

How Low Prices Are Shaping Corporate Strategy

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

SPEAKERRuaraidh Montgomery

Principal Analyst

Wood Mackenzie

LOCATIONThe Petroleum Club of Houston

1201 Louisiana St., 35th Floor

Houston, TX 77002

EVENT CONTACTBarry Chovanetz

214-477-5771

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MEMBERS$35

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In 2006, the Sittons founded Pinnacle Advanced Reliability Technologies, an engineering and technology company focused on

reliability and integrity programs for the oil, gas and petrochemical industries. Since 2006, Pinnacle has grown substantially, and today it employs more than 600 people. In three separate years, Inc. magazine recognized Pinnacle as one of the 1,000 fastest-growing, privately held companies in the world. For four consecutive years, Pinnacle was one of the recipients of the coveted Aggie 100 designation, which celebrates and recognizes the fastest-growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.

With almost 20 years of experience in the oil, gas, and petrochemical industry, Sitton is considered a leading expert in his field, having served on the board of several energy trade associations and as an expert in both regulatory and civil court cases. He currently serves on the board of the Texas A&M Energy Institute.

Last year, Sitton was recognized as one of the Houston area’s 40 most influential leaders under the age of 40. In addition, he became the youngest person ever identified as a Distinguished Engineering Alumnus by Texas A&M. He is the first engineer to serve as a Railroad Commissioner in over 50 years.

HONORABLE RYAN SITTON

The Honorable Ryan Sitton, a member of the Texas Railroad Commission, will present this month’s program, which is entitled “The Energy Race”. He will cover topics including important issues facing the Texas oil and gas industry and the role the Texas Railroad Commission will play in resolving those issues.

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

EVENT INFO

SPEAKERHonorable Ryan Sitton

Commissioner

Texas Railroad Commission

LOCATIONThe Petroleum Club of Houston

1201 Louisiana St, 35th Floor

Houston, TX 77002

EVENT CONTACTBarry Faulkner

281-627-8790

barryfaulkner@earthlink.net

MEMBERS$35

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Thursday 4.14.16

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The Honorable Ryan Sitton, Texas Railroad Commissioner

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EVENT INFO

SPEAKERAli Daneshy

President

Daneshy Consultants International

LOCATIONNorris Center – Westchase

9990 Richmond Ave, Ste 102

Houston, TX 77042

EVENT CONTACTStephen Loving

713-328-2244

Stephen.loving@corelab.com

MEMBERS$40/$45 Walk-In

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Wednesday 4.20.16

Nearly all fracturing literature attributes the productivity of unconventional reservoirs to the presence of a distributed fracture network within the body of the reservoir. The hydraulic fracture is assumed to be the main conduit connecting these natural fractures to each other and to the wellbore.

Based on a rigorous analytical solution, this presentation reviews the conditions required to activate natural fractures that lie within the body of the formation and away from the propagating hydraulic fracture. It will show that the most likely cause of the activation of these natural fractures is by tensile extension, which occurs when the natural fracture falls within the influence zone of the tip of the growing hydraulic fracture. This causes an increase in the effective formation permeability around the main fracture, which ultimately results in increased well productivity. This presentation will show that single fractures are more likely to cause natural fracture activation than multiple fractures created in plug-and-perf completions. Furthermore, natural fractures closer to the hydraulic fracture are more likely to become activated by it. Some of the findings in this presentation differ from commonly held beliefs in the fracturing community.

ALI DANESHYAli Daneshy is President of Daneshy Consultants International and adjunct professor in the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston, where he teaches a graduate course on hydraulic fracturing. He has over 45 years of experience in the technology and application of hydraulic fracturing and has published numerous papers on the subject. He is co-Editor-in-Chief of the Hydraulic Fracturing

Journal, a quarterly publication dedicated to the technology of hydraulic fracturing. His main focus is on research, consulting, and teaching short courses related to horizontal well fracturing

Effect of Hydraulic Fracture Growth on Nearby Natural Fractures

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Kerry Sandhu is a Reservoir Engineer/Project Manager with over 14 years of technical experience in the international oil and gas industry. In addition, he has over five years of operations manager experience and has led two international subsurface consulting offices in Calgary and London. Sandhu has developed expertise in reservoir characterization/analytics/simulation in the areas of primary

production of light and heavy oil, horizontal multi-stage frac wells for shale/tight oil, light/heavy tight oil, water and gas flooding, and EOR such as CO2, polymers, and thermal recovery (steam, CSS, SAGD). Upon completing 100+ waterflood optimization simulation projects, he showcased his expertise by teaching an industry-respected waterflood surveillance/optimization course to 300+ professional geologists and engineers in the last few years, as well as heavy oil and EOR courses.

Sandhu is a Principal Advisor in the Business Consulting group of Gaffney, Cline & Associates. He uses his technical reservoir engineering experience to provide operational and strategic insight to business consulting projects.

KERRY SANDHU

In a low oil price environment, minimizing costs while maximizing recovery typically becomes a high priority for most operators. There is a need to focus on reservoir surveillance and monitoring to improve existing waterfloods rather than focusing on exploration and the design of new secondary recovery schemes.

This talk will focus on quick analytical methods for performing waterflood diagnostics on fields and patterns to ensure maximum sweep efficiency is being achieved with current waterflood field development plans. It will also demonstrate a reservoir engineering workflow that is used to conduct surveillance and analyze waterflood performance.

By conducting analytical waterflood diagnostics and optimization potential on waterflood field case studies, the concept of communication analysis will be introduced at a pattern/individual well level to pinpoint areas with upside potential (water cycling/channeling, poor communication, etc.) where techniques such as gel treatments and pattern reconfigurations would be ideal. Lastly, a case study outlining various water shutoff techniques used to increase oil recovery from mature waterfloods will be presented.

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

EVENT INFO

SPEAKERKerry Sandhu

Principal Advisor, Business

Consulting Group

Gaffney, Cline & Associates

LOCATIONSullivan’s Steakhouse

4608 Westheimer Rd

Houston, TX 77027

EVENT CONTACTAlexsandra Martinez

956-249-0994

adinorah.martinez@gmail.com

MEMBERS$35/$45 Walk-In

NON-MEMBERS$40/$45 Walk-In

Thursday 4.21.16

Study Group

RESERVOIR

Cost-Effective Recovery Optimization of Waterfloods

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Scott Noble’s 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry began with exploration and transitioned into mineral and royalty acquisitions. He is the Founder, President and CEO of Noble Royalties and Compass Royalty Management. Since 1997, Noble Royalties has completed more than 200 acquisitions in over 145,000 distinct royalty interests in 30 states with a value greater than $2 billion — making Noble one

of the nation’s largest independent oil and gas royalty buyers in the industry. Compass Royalty Management handles all aspects of managing the royalty and mineral estates. Noble studied geology at the University of Texas in Austin.

SCOTT NOBLE

Please join us at 5 PM April 27 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Houston as Scott Noble discusses his success in managing the ups and downs of our industry through the management of royalty and mineral interests. He will also discuss the various gaps that have to be overcome to successfully close transactions in this environment.

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

EVENT INFO

SPEAKERScott Noble

Founder, President and CEO

Noble Royalties and Compass

Royalty Management

LOCATIONFour Seasons Hotel

1300 Lamar St

Houston, TX 77010

EVENT CONTACTCody Felton

281-221-3042

Cody.Felton@energynet.com

MEMBERS$40/$50 Walk-In

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Wednesday 4.27.16

Study GroupStudy Group

Royalty Transactions: Overcoming Gaps in a Downside Market

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Sau-Wai Wong is Advisor for Unconventional Resources Technology in Shell’s R&D organization based in Houston, and the Principal Technical Expert on Geomechanics for the company’s worldwide operation. He started his career in Shell as a researcher in The Netherlands some 25 years ago, and subsequently took up multiple international assignments in Oman, The Netherlands, Malaysia and US. He was the

Subsurface Technology Manager for Unconventional Oil and later the R&D Manager for Unconventional Gas Technology. He is Honorary Professorial Fellow at the School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne (Australia). He holds a BS in civil engineering and a PhD in engineering from The University of Manchester, UK.

DR. SAU-WAI WONG

The technology of multi-stage, multi-frac horizontal wells (MFHW) is arguably the most important technology that unlocks the potential of unconventional shale gas and liquid rich shale oil systems. The fracture stimulation process involves placing multiple fractures stage-by-stage along the horizontal well using diverse well completion technologies. However, there is still a lack of understanding on how multiple hydraulic fractures would grow and develop in highly heterogeneous rock formations.

Clearly, the scarcity of adequate fracture stimulation design models has not hindered the successful application of MFHW in exploiting unconventional resources. The technology is typically appraised and continuously improved in the field –made possible because of the large number of wells employed. This field optimization process is not always cost effective, and the present low oil price environment acutely points to the need for competent design models that will aid in the application design and optimization of MFHW.

It is challenging to model the development of these fractures, which are subject to the dynamic process of geomechanical stress changes induced by the fracture stimulation treatment itself, and the interaction with multiple other processes, including wellbore mechanics and fluid mechanics. For practical engineering application, we aim to capture key physical processes in computation models, at least in the “first-order;” apply a “manageable” numerical approach, and rely on appropriate model calibration with field data.

This presentation offers a brief overview of one such practical computation modeling approach, outlines the coupled processes that are important, and paints the vision to leverage the model and field data (e.g., injection pressures and microseismic data) to gain better understanding and improve the design of multi-fracture stimulation.

Study Group

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Practical Hydraulic Fracturing Stimulation Design Models

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

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EVENT INFO

SPEAKERDr. Sau-Wai Wong

Advisor for Unconventional

Resources Technology

Shell

LOCATIONNorris Center – Westchase

9990 Richmond Ave, Ste 102

Houston, TX 77042

EVENT CONTACTShree Krishna

919-413-9670

shreekrishna@gmail.com

MEMBERS$35/$40 Walk-In

NON-MEMBERS$35/$40 Walk-In

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EVENT INFO

TUESDAY

4.8.16

The SPE-GCS auxiliary will not have a formal luncheon and program in April. Meet us at Mia Bella for conversation and friendship, with separate checks. Please note a new e-mail address for Nancy Hill.

EVENT CONTACTSEvelyn Earlougher Nancy Hill281-419-1328 281-435-1619eearlougher@comcast.net ben-81-rth@comcast.net

DEADLINE FOR RSVPTuesday, April 5

Committee: Young ProfessionalsCommittee: Auxiliary

EVENT LOCATIONMia Bella Trattoria110 Vintage Park BlvdHouston, TX 77070

Committee: Young ProfessionalsCommittee: Auxiliary

20 Apri l , 2016

EVENT INFO

Committee: Auxiliary

FRIDAY

4.8.16SPEAKERSC. Susan HowesReservoir Management Consultant

Peggy RijkenTeam Leader - Productivity Enhancement TeamChevron

LOCATIONSPE Houston Training Center10777 Westheimer Rd, Ste 1075Houston TX 77042

EVENT CONTACTSunil Lakshminarayanan281-248-1443sunil_lakshminarayanan@oxy.com

REGISTRATIONspegcs.org/events/3190/

MEMBERS$50/$60 Walk-In

NON-MEMBERS$55/$60 Walk-In

8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Networking and Mentoring to Build Beneficial Relationships Networking is one of the most powerful tools for accelerating and sustaining successful careers. Networking is about making the right connections and building beneficial relationships. Learn how to grow your networking skills to influence change and build collaborative relationships that can add value for both your career and for your employer.

Mentoring will always be an integral part of our development. This relationship-based process for the transmission of knowledge (relevant to work, career or professional development) enables us to gain personal and professional skills to face the challenges ahead. Mentoring’s importance becomes evident as we recognize the value of the networking, advice and support a mentor can give us.

C. Susan Howes is a reservoir management consultant in Houston. She was formerly a reservoir management consultant at Chevron, with a prior role as learning and organizational development manager at Anadarko. She has co-authored several papers and articles on uncertainty management, risk management, and talent management for SPE conferences and publications. Howes is chair of the SPE

Soft Skills Committee and previously served as SPE Regional Director for Gulf Coast North America. She received the SPE Distinguished Service Award and is an SPE Distinguished Member. Howes holds a BS degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Texas.

Peggy Rijken is the team leader for the Productivity Enhancement team in the Reservoir and Production Engineering department at Chevron, with prior assignments as a hydraulic fracture engineer and as a geomechanics specialist. Rijken holds a PhD in petroleum engineering from the University of Texas and a Master’s in mining and petroleum engineering from Delft University of Technology in The

Netherlands. Rijken serves on the SPE Talent Council Committee and is chair for the Annual Technology Conference and Exhibition SPE Reservoir Engineering Committee. She previously served on the ATCE Well Completions Committee and served on the ATCE SPE Well Stimulation Committee prior to becoming the committee chair. Rijken also serves as a technical editor for the SPE Production and Operations SPE editorial review and is the 2015 recipient of the UT Austin PGE Distinguished Alumni Award.

PEGGY RIJKEN

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EVENT INFO

THURSDAY

4.14.168:30 AM – 4:30 PM

SPEAKERDr. Ivor EllulManaging DirectorCiSK Ventures, Ltd.

LOCATIONSPE Houston Training Center10777 Westheimer Rd, Ste 1075Houston TX 77042

EVENT CONTACTSunil Lakshminarayanan281-248-1443sunil_lakshminarayanan@oxy.com

REGISTRATIONspegcs.org/events/3189/

MEMBERS/NON-MEMBERS$350

A limited number of subsidized passes for this one-day tutorial are available for students/retired professionals and professionals with no corporate support.

Accelerated Learning Tutorial: Introduction to Flow Assurance This accelerated tutorial will introduce flow assurance to engineers and geoscientists who may be aware of it, but are not familiar with the salient details. It will cover the basic business and technical aspects of why this topic is important in field development. The event will also include a discussion of the origin of flow assurance, as well as the primary areas of manifestation of flow assurance challenges. A look at how these challenges are addressed will include an introduction to the software simulation tools that represent state-of-the-art solution methodology. Finally, case studies will demonstrate real-life instances of how flow assurance problems are assessed and the appropriate engineering analysis deployed. Attendees will receive a certificate for eight Professional Development Hours (PDH).

Dr. Ivor Ellul began his career in the oil and gas industry in 1980, in West Germany, as a design engineer on pipeline and storage tank systems. After specializing in the modeling of multiphase flow in pipelines, he worked for a number of years in numerical modeling of single- and multi-phase pipelines. He has conducted a comprehensive number of pipeline simulation studies for clients worldwide. Recent experience

includes various executive positions in the upstream area of the oil and gas industry. Ellul is visiting Professor to the Petroleum Engineering Department of Imperial

College London, where he lectures the MS course on pipeline and process engineering. He currently serves as Chairman of the Pipeline Simulation Interest Group as well as Chair of the SPE-GCS.

Ellul holds a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Malta and MS and PhD degrees in petroleum engineering from Imperial College London. He is a registered Chartered Engineer in the United Kingdom and a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas.

DR. IVOR ELLUL

Committee: Continuing Education

EVENT INFO

TUESDAY

4.14.16

Committee: Young ProfessionalsCommittee: Auxiliary

EVENT LOCATIONHouston Texans Grille – CityCentre12848 Queensbury Ln, Ste 208Houston, TX 77024

EVENT CONTACTE. Faye Yorkefayeyork@aol.com

Committee: Young ProfessionalsCommittee: AuxiliaryCommittee: Membership

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Please join us for the SPE-GCS Networking Event & Membership Drive! Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served, and there will be a cash bar. Attendance is free of charge.

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SPE-GCS Networking Event & Membership Drive

22 Apri l , 2016

EVENT INFO

Behavioral science suggests that human nature favors decisions that satisfy (good enough is good?), not necessarily those that optimize. Often value is left on the table, particularly when risks & uncertainties are involved.

More than fifty years ago an approach was born which helps to overcome this human limitation, namely Decision Risk Analysis (DRA), which helps us to optimize not just survive. DRA is a structured process involving both facilitation and modelling that helps stakeholders optimize their decision making in the face of risks and uncertainties.

This presentation will introduce DRA and also focus on one tool in the armory known as Value of Information analysis (VOI). The when, why and how of VOI will be explained. If you are facing a number of decisions where outcomes are uncertain and there is an opportunity to acquire additional information which costs money and/or time, then you should consider undertaking a VOI analysis and this talk will be of interest to you.

PETE NAYLOR

22 Apri l , 2016

EVENT INFO

Committee: Young ProfessionalsCommittee: AuxiliaryCommittee: Young ProfessionalsCommittee: Auxiliary

Committee: Young Professional

WEDNESDAY

4.20.16SPEAKERPete NaylorSPE Distinguished Lecturer, BG Group

EVENT LOCATION1415 Louisiana St, 39th FloorHouston TX 77002

EVENT CONTACTSahil Malhotra832-854-7885sahil.malhotra@chevron.com

MEMBERS$20/$30 Walk-In

NON-MEMBERS$30

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Making Better Appraisal and Development Decisions: Using DRA & VOI

Pete Naylor has a Physics BSc, a Chemical Engineering PhD and is a Chartered Scientist, a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. He has 30 years of experience in oil & gas and for the past 15 years has led DRA studies to optimize significant investment decisions. He also leads Project Risk Management studies helping managers to achieve their objectives on time and budget. Pete has worked within integrated teams on major decisions including field appraisal and development strategies, refurbishment of facilities and asset integrity management.

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SPE-GCS will volunteer to judge at the I-SWEEEP science fair competition. I-SWEEEP, The International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering, and Environment) Project, is open to high school students. It is the largest science fair event of its kind worldwide. With the support of leaders in industry and higher education, I-SWEEEP works with local, national and international science fair organizations to bring top-ranking participants and qualifying projects to Houston each year.

SPE-GCS is looking for 5-10 judges to be part of I-SWEEEP. Volunteer judges will evaluate research projects of young scientists. If you are interested, please register now. If you have any questions or concerns, marissa.brower@gmail.com.

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM

FRIDAY

4.29.16

Committee: Community Service

The International Sustainable World Project (I-SWEEEP)

LOCATIONGeorge R. Brown Convention Center1001 Avenida De Las AmericasHouston, TX 77010

EVENT CONTACTMarissa Davis 979-285-7209 marissa.brower@gmail.com

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Committee: Continuing Education

EVENT INFO

TUESDAY

5.17.16SPEAKERSJohn FarinaRon HinnC. Susan HowesKen ArnoldMarty StetzerDr. Terry N. Gardner

LOCATIONSPE Houston Training Center10777 Westheimer Rd, Ste 1075Houston, TX 77042

EVENT CONTACTRegina Ecoreginaeco@gmail.com

MEMBERS/NON-MEMBERS$350

8:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Oil Patch OrientationThis seminar is one of the most popular SPE programs! The course is designed as a nontechnical, audiovisual guided tour through the oil patch, illustrating the basic equipment and techniques used in the discovery, development and production of petroleum.

Outline:• Introduction • The economics and future of the petroleum industry • Theory of the origins of hydrocarbons • Reservoir parameters (eg: porosity/permeability) • Geology of petroleum and geophysics • Drilling basics • Well logging • Well completions • Reservoir drive mechanisms • Production equipment (sub-surface and surface) • Midstream and downstream topics

JOHN FARINA provides petroleum engineering consulting and technical training to the international and domestic petroleum industry. He has over 30 years’ experience in production and reservoir engineering. He has a BS in petroleum engineering from West Virginia University, and has previously worked for Shell Oil and Schneider and Merkle Associates.

RON HINN is a Vice President of PetroSkills, a worldwide leader in training and development of E&P technical professionals. He specializes in knowledge management, competency development and technical training. A petroleum engineering graduate of Tulsa University, Hinn is very active within SPE, having served in positions at the worldwide, regional and local levels.

C. SUSAN HOWES is a reservoir management consultant in Houston. She was formerly a Reservoir Management Consultant at Chevron, with a prior role as Learning and Organizational Development Manager at Anadarko. Howes is chair of the SPE Soft Skills Committee. She holds a BS degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Texas.

KEN ARNOLD is a Senior Technical Advisor at WorleyParsons with 50 years of experience in projects, facilities and construction related to upstream oil and gas developments. He spent 16 years at Shell in engineering and engineering research management. In 1980, he formed Paragon Engineering Services, which had a staff of 600 when it was acquired by AMEC in 2005.

MARTY STETZER leads EKT Interactive Inc. in Houston, an e-training company specializing in design and delivery of large-scale, customized safety and technical content training programs. He has worked with national and international oil and gas companies in the Middle East, Russia, India, Italy and Europe. Stetzer has a BME from Kettering Institute in Michigan and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.

DR. TERRY N. GARDNER is a mechanical engineer who spent over 35 years with Exxon and BP working to advance deepwater technology. He has taught undergraduate engineering at Cornell and Rice.

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THOMAS BELSHA

Thomas Belsha is an Integration Manager at LINN Energy. He graduated from Katy Taylor High School in 1998 and then earned a BS in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University.

The Scholarship Committee recently conducted a survey of past recipients of the SPE-GCS scholarship. If you’re considering donating to the SPE-GCS scholarship fund or hiring an SPE-GCS scholarship winner for a summer 2016 pre-college internship, you’ll be glad to know that the program has enjoyed considerable success over the past six decades. Here’s winner Thomas Belsha’s story:

I decided to pursue petroleum engineering in 1998 and received an SPE-GCS scholarship. That scholarship gave me the opportunity to work as a “marine roustabout” for Diamond Offshore on a drilling platform, about 100 miles offshore in the Gulf, the summer between high school and college. That was a fantastic experience and increased my desire to pursue petroleum engineering.

Getting as much practical, hands-on field experience prior to and during college is one of the best ways to enhance your career. The Petroleum Department at Texas A&M was very focused on us finding internships. Because of my SPE scholarship internship experience, I was able to get a field internship with Burlington Resources. I worked as a lease operator in the Louisiana swamps and was invited back as a Production Engineer.

My final summer, I worked as a reservoir geology intern in Farmington, NM, for Burlington in the San Juan Basin. I was offered a full-time position in for Burlington and spent four years working as a Production/Completion Engineer.

I shortly transferred into Business Development, and after Burlington was acquired by ConocoPhillips, I spent a year in the field as a drilling engineer/company man in the ETX Deep Bossier play and moved to Reservoir Engineering. In 2007, I took a position as a BD Engineer with LINN Energy. I then transferred to Operations and spent the next three years as a Production Manager over field operations.

In 2014, I started an Integration/Data Management team to improve our integrations and data issues resulting from over 60 acquisitions. I lead a multi-disciplined team of operations, accounting and IT personnel.

The SPE scholarship I received helped me decide to pursue petroleum engineering, and the summer internship after high school gave me a great advantage early in my career. My advice to students is to make a plan and strive toward that goal. Even if the plan changes later on, you will learn and grow much more by working toward the path you chose. Also, be a sponge and get significant field experience early in your career.

Where Are They Now? PAST SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

SPE-GCS Scholarship Fund Update

Committee: Education Committee

As promised on the SPE-GCS Scholarship Fund Page, we are excited to announce the first status update of our fundraising efforts – as of February 18, 2016 we have raised $72,760 to support our scholarship program! We thank all our donors for their support and generosity.

For more information about our scholarship fund, scholarship program or our current donor list, please visit www.spegcs.org/spegcs-scholarship-fund/. You will find testimonials from past scholarship recipients and learn the impact that SPE-GCS scholarships had on their lives and professional careers. If you have not yet donated, we invite you to visit our website and support our efforts as a fellow member of the SPE-GCS family and fellow industry professional. As a reminder, all donations are tax-deductible. We also encourage you to find out if your company has a matching program that could make your individual donation go even further!

For Corporate Registration & Information:spegcs.org/sponsorship-opportunity/ For Individual Scholarship Donation Information:spegcs.org/spegcs-scholarship-fund/

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Members in Transition (MiT)

EVENT INFO

FRIDAY

4.1.16SPEAKERSGary P. KatzManaging Partner Katz Law Group, LLC.

Sammy CarolinaRegional Unemployment SpecialistTexas Workforce Commission

Chrystal BroussardWorkforce Account ExecutiveWorkforce Solutions

Kim SawyerOwnertheWealthSource®

LOCATIONSPE Gulf Coast Office Training Room10777 Westheimer Rd, Ste 1075Houston, TX 77042

EVENT CONTACTC. Susan Howes713-553-5020c.susan.howes@gmail.com

Alex McCoy713-366-5653Alexander_McCoy@oxy.com

MEMBERS/NON-MEMBERS$15

NOTERegistration is capped at 30

8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Members in Transition InitiativeTHIRD SEMINAR SERIES The SPE Members in Transition Seminar Series includes topics of interest to SPE members who are between jobs during the industry downturn or who are looking for new career opportunities. The agenda for the third seminar in the series is below.

Program 1: Intellectual Property for Startups and Small BusinessesTo succeed in today’s economy, most new ventures need an effective intellectual property (IP) strategy that addresses registering intellectual property, publishing information, and preserving information as a trade secret. Learn the basics to help you create an IP strategy, including how to perform cost-benefit analysis regarding both domestic and foreign IP filings. The presentation includes a case study of the application of petroleum E&P technology into other industries to create dual use technology.

GARY KATZ received his law degree from Rutgers University-Newark and his geology degree from Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Prior to his current role as Partner at FisherBroyles, he worked as a patent attorney for Matthews, Lawson, McCutcheon & Joseph, PLLC and served as in-house patent counsel at ExxonMobil.

Program 2: Texas Workforce Commission and Workforce Solutions ResourcesThe Texas Workforce Commission and Workforce Solutions offers a wide variety of resources for those in career transition, including unemployment information and seminars covering topics such as writing resumes, interviewing, and rebranding your skills. Many services are offered via the Internet.

SAMMY CAROLINA received his degree from OU. He provides unemployment information to employers, community organizations, elected officials, claimants, and labor organizations.

CHRYSTAL BROUSSARD received her degree from OU. She provides unemployment information to employers, community organizations, elected officials, claimants, and labor organizations.

Program 3: Managing Your Career as a Business EnterpriseIn this seminar, we will explore an integrated, strategic, lifelong career management system. This system will enable you to build, operate and navigate the business of your career to achieve your maximum, authentic professional success.

KIM SAWYER has over 20 years of experience starting businesses, leading companies, and being involved in almost every aspect of a business enterprise. He owns and manages theWealthSource®, a firm that provides coaching programs for individuals, teams and enterprises. He holds an entrepreneurship BBA from UH and an MS in organizational development from UT.

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EVENT INFO

THURSDAY

4.14.16

HOSTED BYDrilling Study Group

LOCATIONSouthwestern Energy Office 10000 Energy DriveSpring, TX 77389

EVENT CONTACTSSymposium Co-ChairsMojtaba Pordel Shahri713-849-1818mojtaba.pordelshahri@weatherford.com

Sean Wu832-337-6576xianping.Wu@shell.com

Board LiaisonDeepak M. Gala281-731-8632deepak.gala@shell.com

MEMBERS$80/$125 Walk-In

NON-MEMBERS$115/$125 Walk-In

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Cost-Saving Innovations to Improve Drilling Economics and Well IntegrityANNUAL DRILLING SYMPOSIUM The Annual Drilling Symposium is hosted by the Drilling Study Group to disseminate knowledge and technology to achieve the many objectives of drilling operation, including understanding risk and hazard mitigation, real-time application, and new technologies. This year, we focus on cost-saving innovations to improve drilling efficiency. This symposium is also a great opportunity to network with oil and gas industry professionals in an engaging and dynamic environment.

PRELIMINARY AGENDAKeynote Speaker - Steven L. Mueller, Southwestern Energy CEO

Adapting Wells Automation Efforts to a Low Oil-Price Environment - David Blacklaw, Shell

Evaluating Barriers to Manage Drilling Cost and Risks - Prosper Aideyan, TOTAL

Onshore Well Control Intervention Trends - Daniel Eby, Blowout Engineers

Next Generation Kick Detection During Connections: Influx Detection at Pumps Stop (IDAPS) Software - Brian Tarr, Shell

Well Integrity: What Completions and Production Engineers Need from Drillers to Make the Well Successful - George E. King, Apache

From the asset to the enterprise: scalable and actionable real-time analytics - Moray Laing, SAS

Stuck Pipe Prediction Using Automated Real Time Modeling and Data Analysis - Curtis Cheatham, Weatherford

From Historical Drilling Data to Optimized Drilling Operations Using an Integrated Drilling Guidance System and Novel Machine Learning Algorithm - Enrico Ladendorf, Pason Systems

An Instrumented Top Drive Sub System: Enabling Greater Drilling Efficiencies Via Innovative Sensing Capabilities” - Thomas M. Bryant, APS Technology Inc.

Double the performance improvements When You Combine Automation and Optimization - Tony Pink, National Oilwell Varco

Drilling Optimization and Hazard Mitigation Solutions - Akshay Sagar, Halliburton

Applied Drilling Automation With the Coal to improve Safety and Performance - Eric Maidla, TDE Petroleum Data Solutions, Inc.

High Frequency Drilling Measurements and Drilling System Model Work Together - Yezid Arevalo, Schlumberger

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On February 13, twelve YPs volunteered at the MathCounts competition to help motivate students do well in math. MathCounts is a competitive middle-school math program that promotes mathematics achievement nationwide. Participating schools select students to compete individually and as part of a team in written and oral competitions. After a full morning spent solving math problems and an exciting countdown round, local winners were selected. Congratulations to all the participants! t

Derrick Klutsey, Manoj Devashish, Sagar Asalapuram, and Danny Marquez delivered a lecture from the Energy4Me website to a highly enthusiastic group of fifth-graders at Codwell Elementary. They shared their individual experiences with over 70 students who eagerly asked insightful questions into how engineering and energy work. The volunteers did a remarkable job of motivating the students and getting them excited about energy. To learn more about how you can volunteer for an Energy4Me lecture, contact Danny Marquez at dannymarquez0@gmail.com. t

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YP - Rebuilding Together Houston DaysSATURDAY, APRIL 23 & SATURDAY, APRIL 307:30 AM - 5 PMFor questions or inquiries, please contact Danny at dannymarquez0@gmail.com, Catalina at catalina.leal@bakerhughes.com or John Matheus at john.matheus@entercoms.com

UH Game Day Basket

HSSE-SR & Young Professionals Movie Night HSSE-SR & Young Professionals Movie Night

HSSE-SR & Young Professionals Movie NightHSSE-SR & Young Professionals Movie Night

College and Career Expo College and Career Expo

The University of Houston SPE Student Chapter prepared a UH Game Day basket as a silent auction item for the Engineer of the Year Gala. Special thanks to Melati Amtar, Social Media Chair of the UH Student Chapter, for putting together such a nice donation, which included tickets to the next UH vs. OU football game and a football autographed by UH Football Coach Tom Herman. t

REGISTRATIONTo register for event on April 23 spegcs.org/events/3160/

To register for event on April 30 spegcs.org/events/3161/

EVENT INFO

Committee: Young Professionals

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R I C E S T U D E N T C H A P T E R

S PE- G C ST A M U S T U D E N T C H A P T E R

Every semester, our Technical Training Committee organizes field trips, lectures, and workshops to supplement our members’ classroom experience with real-world knowledge.

In January and February, the committee hosted five workshops exploring several software packages. At each workshop, a group of 20 students learned about these powerful industry tools, including StimPlan, which is used for designing and analyzing hydraulic fractures; PipeSim, which simulates multiphase flow in wells; and Fekete-IHS, which is applied for production analysis and reserves evaluation.

The Technical Training Committee also organized two field trips. First, students traveled to Weatherford’s facility in Katy, TX. They learned about how Weatherford produces surface pumping units and how the different artificial lift pumps work. Additionally, a group of TAMU-SPE members traveled

to Clariant’s facility in The Woodlands, TX, where they learned more about the chemistry behind the oil and gas industry. During this field trip, student members learned how certain chemicals are manufactured and then utilized to maximize oil and gas production.

Thank you to everyone who is helping us to prepare for our futures with these opportunities

I N T R O D U C T I O N

T R A I N I N G F O R T H E F U T U R E

Students learning about Weatherford pumping units

Field trip to Weatherford’s facility

The Rice University SPE student chapter is a student arm of SPE International. As a student organization, our mission is to provide each affiliate with opportunities for personal and professional development through the SPE student membership benefits and through technical and social activities. Each year, we organize guest lectures, industrial visits, and seminars by distinguished members from academia and from the petroleum industry. Our faculty advisor, Dr. George Hirasaki, had a 26-year career with Shell before joining Rice in 1993. Here are just a few of the activities we’ve been involved in over the past year:

Paper ContestOn April 25, 2015, the chapter hosted the 2015 SPE-GCS Regional Student Paper Contest. Undergraduate, master’s and PhD students from Texas A&M University, Rice University, and University of Houston presented their research projects and networked with each other during the contest.

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Student Chapter Directory

HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGERaymond McCoy

rqm3rd@yahoo.com

RICEYongchao Zeng

yz42@rice.edu

TEXAS A&MShawn Guice

SPE_President@pe.tamu.edu

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTONMohamad Salman

president@uhspe.org

Resumania and Mock Interview WorkshopLast fall, the committee hosted career development events such as Resumania and a mock interview workshop. Industry representatives gave insightful suggestions on how to modify members’ resumes to catch employers’ eyes.

Field TripsLast fall, Rice Chapter hosted field trips to FEI and Newpark Technology Center, which provided students with valuable learning experiences outside their everyday activities.

A Halliburton facility tour on March 23 gave students insights into product enhancement, cementing, wireline and perforating, completion tools, and baroid.

Distinguished Guest Lecture On February 22, the chapter invited C. Susan Howes to give a lecture on networking to build ben-eficial relationships. Howes showed students how to build their networking skills to boost their careers and benefit their employers.

Conference AttendanceRice Chapter sponsored 20 members for the 2015 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition and 2016 SPE Student Symposium in Houston to bridge academia and the petroleum industry.

A Special Invitation: Advisory BoardThe committee plans to launch an advisory board to invite both Rice alumni and industry representatives to give student members advice and help them build personal connections. If you are interested and willing to support us, please contact Yongchao Zeng at yz42@rice.edu.

Distinguished Guest Lecture

DIRECTORYGulf Coast Section 2016-2016 Board of Directors CHAIR

Ivor Ellul, CiSK Ventures 713-240-2740 iellul@ciskventures.com

VICE CHAIR

Deepak Gala, Shell 281-544-2181 deepak.gala@shell.com

PAST CHAIR

Jeanne Perdue, Occidental

713-215-7348

jeanne_perdue@oxy.com

SECRETARY

Gabrielle Guerre Morrow, Ryder Scott

713-750-5431

gabrielle_guerre@ryderscott.com

TREASURER

Alex McCoy, Occidental713-366-5653 alexander_mccoy@oxy.com

VICE TREASURER

David Flores 281-381-5828 david_p_flores@yahoo.com

Board Committee Chairs CAREER MANAGEMENT

Sunil Lakshminarayanan, Occidental

713-344-1249

sunil_ lakshminarayanan@oxy.com

COMMUNICATIONS

Subash Kannan, Anadarko 713-385-7242Subash.Kannan@anadarko.com

COMMUNITY SERVICES

Marissa Davis, Baker Hughes 281-231-3418marissa.davis@bakerhughes.com

EDUCATION

Simeon Eburi, Chevron832-854-3134simeon.eburi@chevron.com

MEMBERSHIP

Kris Pitta, Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas

713-579-6643

Kris_Pitta@fmi.com

PROGRAMS

Fady Chaban832-387-7249chabanf@gmail.com

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Jim Sheridan, Baker Hughes – retired

281-740-0913

sherim@operamail.com

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

Greg Palmer, IBM GBS North America

281-386-2483

gpalmer@us.ibm.com

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

Chiedozie “Dozie” Ekweribe, Chevron 832- 854-7599 Dozie@chevron.co

DIRECTORS AT LARGE 2014-2016

Jenny Cronlund, BP 281-366-8966 jenny.cronlund@bp.com

Torrance Haggerty, T.R. Consulting

281-714-5472

thaggerty06@gmail.com

Eric Kocian, Exxon Mobil 832-624-7962 eric.m.kocian@exxonmobil.com

DIRECTORS AT LARGE 2016-2017

John “J.J.” Jackson, Unimin Corp. 832-247-0233 jsjackson@unimin.com

Alvin Barber, Schlumberger 713-513-2431 abarberspe@gmail.com

Mark Fleming, Suntrust Robinson Humphrey832-603-2305 Mark.Fleming@SunTrust.com

SPE GULF COAST NORTH

AMERICA REGIONAL DIRECTOR

J. Roger Hite, Inwood Solutions, LLC 713-385-5343 hite@inwood-solutions.com

SECTION MANAGER

Kathy MacLennan, SPE-GCS    713-457-6813 kmaclennan@spe.org

GULF COAST SECTION COORDINATOR

Open

Committee Chairs AUXILIARY

Nancy Giffhorn

281-360-4631

rgiffhorn@aol.com

AWARDS BANQUET

Jeremy Viscomi,

Petroleum Technology Transfer Council

785-864-7396

jviscomi@pttc.org

CASINO NIGHT

Rini Assad

713-447-7478

riniassad@gmail.com

ESP WORKSHOP

Noel Putscher, Newfield

281-674-2871

nputscher@newfield.com

GOLF CO-CHAIRS

Cameron Conway, KB Industries

281-217-0660

cconway@kb-industries.com

Marc Davis, Champions Pipe and Supply

713-248-3956

mdavis@championspipe.com

Robin Smith, Halliburton

713-907-1694

robin.smith@halliburton.com

INTERNSHIPS

David Li, DSL Ocean Group

713.299.7568

dsl6625@yahoo.com

NEWSLETTER

Lynn Ponder, Frontline Group

281-352-9164

editor@spegcs.org

PUBLICITY

Pablo Perez, Bardasz

713-498-6733

Pablo.perez@bardasz.com

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OILFIELD GAMES

Lindsey Ferrell, The Frontline Group

512-913-7112

spevolunteer@frontline-group.com

SCHOLARSHIP

Jennifer Pinnick, Chevron

713.372.1737

gcs-scholarship@spemail.org

INDUSTRY COLLABORATION

Bryan Marlborough

985-232-0318

bryanmarlborough@gmail.com

SPONSORSHIP

Ricardo Sotto, Consultant

713-724-2212

rjsotto@aol.com

SPORTING CLAYS

Paul Conover, NOV

713-346-7482

paul.conover@nov.com

TENNIS

James Jackson, Halliburton – retired

832-444-2383

Jjackson5223@gmail.com

WEB TECHNOLOGY

Shivkumar Patil, Aker Solutions

713-369-5352

Shivkumar.Patil@akersolutions.com

Study Group ChairsBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

David Pantoja, Citi A&D Group

713-821-4715

david.pantoja@citi.com

COMPLETIONS & PRODUCTION

Jonathan Godwin

713-259-9726

jongodwin@hotmail.com

DIGITAL ENERGY

John Reichardt

713-586-5950

John.Reichardt@rpsgroup.com

DRILLING

Ernie Prochaska, NOV Downhole

832-714-3842

ernie.prochaska@nov.com

CONNECTINFORMATION

NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE

CHAIR | Lynn Ponder

editor@spegcs.org

AD SALES | Pat Stone

starlite1@sbcglobal.net

BOARD LIAISON | Subash Kannan

NEWSLETTER DESIGN | DesignGood Studio

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SPE HOUSTON OFFICE

GULF COAST SECTION MANAGER

Kathy MacLennan | kmaclennan@spe.org

GULF COAST SECTION COORDINATOR

Open

HOURS & LOCATION

10777 Westheimer Rd, Ste 1075

Houston, TX 77042

P 713-779-9595 | F 713-779-4216

Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

PHOTO SUBMISSIONS We are looking for member photos to feaure

on the cover of upcoming issues! Photos must

be at least 9” by 12” at 300 DPI. Email your

high-resolution picture submissions to:

editor@spegcs.org

CHANGE OF ADDRESS To report a change of address contact:

SPE Member Services Dept.

P.O. Box 833836

Richardson, TX 75083-3836

1.800.456.6863 | service@spe.org

CONTACT For comments, contributions, or delivery

problems, contact editor@spegcs.org.

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Connect is printed 12 times per year and contains premium positions for advertisers wanting to reach some of the most influential oil and gas

professionals in the world.

For information on advertising in this newsletter or on the SPE-GCS

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GENERAL MEETING Robert Saucedo, ASHMIN

281-773-4135

rsaucedo@ashmin.com

HSSE AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYTrey Shaffer, Environmental Resources

Management (ERM)

281-704-3664

Trey.Shaffer@erm.com

INTERNATIONAL Barry Chovantez, Santander

713-850-9955

bchovanetz@yahoo.com

NORTHSIDE Robert Estes, Baker Hughes

713-879-4414

robert.estes@bakerhughes.com

PERMIAN BASIN

Amy Timmons, Flogistix

832-538-7976

atimmons@flogistix.com

PETRO-TECH

Jessica Morgan, Blackstone Minerals

713-929-1633

jmorgan@blackstoneminerals.com

PROJECTS, FACILITIES, CONSTRUCTION

Mark Faucher, TFG, LLC

713-212-9067

mfaucher@all-llc.com

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Kitty Harvey, Cameron

281-901-3245

Kitty.Harvey@c-a-m.com

RESERVOIR

Mohammad Tabatabaei, Marathon

713-553-5642

mtabatabaei@marathonoil.com

WATER & WASTE MANAGEMENT

Bar